Senior Strategic HR Business Partner

EST coverage will be required for this role

*Candidates must reside in State advertised to be considered, preferably in Hartford, NH or Wakefield, MA in a hybrid setting (onsite and remote as needed).

Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming      

As a Strategic HR Business Partner, you will play a pivotal role in aligning our HR strategies with our business objectives. You will work closely with senior leadership to develop and implement HR initiatives that support organizational growth and enhance employee experience.

You will partner with the business leaders within the relevant geography, to develop and deliver an effective people strategy to facilitate the achievement of strategic and operational business objectives. Drive organizational success by building people capability through effective people strategies supported by engaging with and partnering with colleagues from People Services and Centers of Excellence (CoE).

 About RWS HR
Our business is nothing without our people. As part of our global Human Resources team, you will be supporting over 8,000 people, across 100 legal entities in 43 different countries. We have a vibrant and nurturing culture where everyone can learn, grow, and thrive. We also love ideas and exploring new ways of doing things, united by our love of language.  

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the senior leadership team to understand the business strategy and translate into a people strategy with effective workforce plans relevant to the business requirements.
• Develop people plans focused on attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining the skills and capabilities required to support successful execution of the business strategy.
• Work with HR VP and HR CoE to deliver organizational development including transformation, culture, change management, leadership development, organizational design, cost-efficiency, talent management, succession planning, and performance management.
• Work with the HRBPs and Service Delivery Team to ensure the HR strategy is implemented consistently and fully embedded in the business.
• Partner with CoE in Talent Acquisition, Global Rewards, Talent Development, People Services (through Regional and Country leads) and HR Transformation to enable the successful delivery of the people strategy.
• Embed HR policies, programs, and technology within the business and foster a culture of continuous improvement, compliance, and best practice, incorporating people analytics and practices that enable data driven business decisions.
• Analyze and provide people data insights into organizational leadership, contributing to decision making using appropriate, timely and accurate HR information. 
• Act as a coach and mentor to business leadership across the scope of the employment lifecycle.
• Support the development of a high-performance culture through effective feedback and performance coaching.
• Contribute to organizational effectiveness, creating a positive culture by embedding effective engagement strategies.
• Provide guidance and input on colleague relations issues, and partner with country HR teams on discipline, grievances, performance, absence management and restructuring/redundancies as required.

Skills & Experience

• CIPD, PHR/SPHR or SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP or other relevant qualification with a minimum of 5+ years’ experience in a strategic HRBP role.
• Experience of operating in a geographically dispersed organization with colleagues located across multiple countries.  
• Strong Business Acumen, having the ability to understand a business and its challenges.
• Have strong relationship management, especially at managerial and collaborator levels.
• Have business management skills, including financial management and strategic planning.
• Strong verbal and written communication, including active listening, for determining business goals and suggesting ways to achieve them through HR initiatives.
• Utilize logic, analytics and problem-solving for evaluating business metrics and determining ways to improve results.
• Comprehensive understanding of HR practices and employment laws, including inclusion and diversity programs.
• Experience of working in a fast-paced, complex, global company, working directly with managers and leaders as a trusted adviser.  
• A breadth of exposure across the range of HR specialisms including performance management, leadership development, colleague relations, reward, succession planning and wellbeing. 
• Commitment to delivering results, an effective communicator and influencer capable of building relationships and driving through change while working in a collaborative and proactive way.
• A positive, can-do and pragmatic approach to challenges and complexity. Able to gather and interpret complex information, bringing the right people together to make decisions. 
• An organized approach to work with good prioritization skills, project management skills, high level of numeracy and literacy with a focus on attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines and make best use of limited resources.  
• A focus on efficiency and continuous improvement, incorporating people analytics and practices to enable data driven business decisions and working with others within and outside HR to drive consistency. 
• Able to effectively collaborate and influence others around the world, both requesting and delivering on agreed goals and maintaining excellent two-way communication.  

Base Pay

$130,000 - $145,000 / year 

Actual rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to: position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. Total compensation may also include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other perks, as outlined in any formal offer made. 

RWS is a content solutions company, powered by technology and human expertise. We grow the value of ideas, data and content by making sure organizations are understood. Everywhere. 

Our proprietary technology, 45+ AI patents and human experts help organizations bring ideas to market faster, build deeper relationships across borders and cultures, and enter new markets with confidence – growing their business and connecting them to a world of opportunities. 

It’s why over 80 of the world’s top 100 brands trust RWS to drive innovation, inform decisions and shape brand experiences. 

With 60+ global locations, across five continents, our teams work with businesses across almost all industries. Innovating since 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).  

RWS Values

We Partner, We Pioneer, We Progress – and we´ll Deliver together.

For further information, please visit: RWS   

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics

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